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Figure 7-5: Here we can see some of the key feminine facial features we will try to incorporate into our
character design.
Remember that human and animal anatomy are two powerful tools in your arsenal as a designer. An un-
derstanding of how skeletal and muscular anatomy are arranged in nature allows you to combine natural
structures from various sources in new and viable ways. This level of understanding also helps you influen-
ce the audience's perceptions by exploiting key shape relationships that communicate things on a instinctual
level about the character. This mermaid is a perfect example. We will combine a ichthyoid face with hu-